Black Cowboy, Wild Horses I can identify and use key vocabulary words accurately.

Bluff (noun) When he reached the top, he stopped at the edge of the bluff.

Bluff (noun) A high cliff or bank

Herd (noun) It was a herd of eight mares, a colt, and a stallion.

Herd (noun) A group of animals of a single kind.

Mares (noun) A stallion leads several females, or mares, along with their young across the field.

Mares (noun) Female horses

Milled (verb) Already vultures circled high in the sky, while the mustangs milled aimlessly.

Milled (verb) Moved around in confusion.

Mustangs (noun) It was late afternoon when he saw them – the hoofprints of mustangs, the wild horses that lived on the plains.

Mustangs Wild horses of the plains whose ancestors were horses brought from Spain.

Ravine (noun) Bob raced Warrior to a nearby ravine as the sky exploded sheets of light.

Ravine A narrow, deep valley, usually worn away by water.

Remorse (adjective) Then the rain came as hard and stinging as remorse.

Remorse (adjective) The unhappiness that comes with wishing that one had not done something.

Skittered (verb) The stallion wanted to move the herd and pushed the mare with his head. She refused to budge and skittered away.

Skittered (verb) Moved lightly and quickly

Stallion (noun) Finally the stallion began drinking and the other horses followed.

Stallion (noun) An adult male horse